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SpaceX will sell its shares for $135 apiece during its IPO, yielding a valuation of $1.77 trillion.

The first mission devoted to observing the Martian atmosphere and its evolution, NASAs MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), has ended after more than 11 years in orbit at Mars and a decade beyond its primary, ...

NASA's X-59 jet broke the sound barrier for the first time on Friday (June 5), reaching a top speed of about Mach 1.1.

'If 'For All Mankind' the danger is in space, in 'Star City' it's on the ground.

NASAsexperimentalX-59aircraftmarkeda major milestoneFriday,June5,when itflew faster than the speed of sound for the first time,setting the stage fordemonstratingits quiet supersonic capabilitieslater this year. NASA test...

Ever since the first protoplanetary disk was discovered in 1984 around the star Beta Pictoris, these objects have presented astronomers with laboratories to study the births and evolution of worlds around distant stars. ...

NASAannouncedtheMassachusetts Institute of Technologyproject,Exploration-Class Lunar Integrated PowerSystEm,as thefirstplacewinnerfor the2026 RevolutionaryAerospace Systems Concepts - Academic Linkage (RASC-AL)competitio...

After searching for 50 years, astronomers have finally discovered powerful winds blowing from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy.

Since NASAs Artemis II crew members safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10 after their record-setting mission around the Moon, science teams have been busy collecting more data and combing through observat...

According to theory, all active black holes should produce winds or jets. Astronomers have long searched for wind around the Milky Ways central supermassive black hole. New images reveal a vacant, cone-shaped region poin...

MILAN - Italian ground segment operator Leaf Space unveiled a new space connectivity service May 27. The technology, named TreeNet, aims to make space communications more seamless by treating individual [] The post Leaf ...

Editors note: This article was updated on June 5. A new study combining NASA satellite observations, ocean surveys, and genetic testing on marine microorganisms found evidence that warming ocean waters may be limiting nu...

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Astronomers have investigated a puzzling binary star system in which two stars that may have formed together now show dramatically different chemical compositions. The new study, uploaded to the arXiv preprint server on ...

NASA instructed astronauts on the International Space Station to briefly shelter in a Dragon spacecraft June 5 as cosmonauts attempted to repair an air leak in a Russian module. The post Astronauts briefly shelter in Dra...

Remarkable backyard footage captures giant solar prominence and streams of coronal rain flowing along the sun's magnetic field lines.

One year after Gemini IV astronaut Edward H. White completed NASAs first spacewalk the agency prepared for a demanding second excursion. Originally scheduled for Gemini VIII, the extravehicular activity (EVA) was reassig...

ISS astronauts briefly sheltered aboard an attached SpaceX Dragon capsule today (June 5) while cosmonauts tried to fix a persistent leak on the Russian side of the orbiting lab.

Week in images: 01-05 Jun 2026 Discover our week through the lens

Video: 00:02:40 EnglishHow does Europe study the Sun? Discover the missions revealing the secrets of our closest star, from SOHO and Solar Orbiter to Proba-3, which is creating artificial solar eclipses in space to unloc...

Three planets, two stars and one moon create a spectacular June sky show.

One year after Gemini IV astronaut Edward H. White completed NASA's first spacewalk the agency prepared for a demanding second excursion. Originally scheduled for Gemini VIII, the extravehicular activity (EVA) was re...